This book does have some interesting tips and viewpoints. For example it connects things that you might have said beforehand "ok, well that made senseThis book does have some interesting tips and viewpoints. For example it connects things that you might have said beforehand "ok, well that made sense before" to actual rules that can be applied to broader questions. The problem with this book though is that it seems like it is geared towards someone with little or no Java experience.

It did however do a good job of explaining rules and ideas behind generics, but then again, most of the question difficulty lies in finding the trickiness in the question as opposed to the question being about 'is this valid or a good idea'....more

This is an interesting book. The majority of it is commentary on the actual 'art of war'. For example, the actual art of war text is about 70 pages. 1This is an interesting book. The majority of it is commentary on the actual 'art of war'. For example, the actual art of war text is about 70 pages. 150 pages of commentary follow.

It makes more sense with the commentary that explains context and background, so although it is not a bad book, you probably need to read the commentary which is not always inline with the text, to get something meaningful out of most of it....more

This is an excellent book on all the mainstream and not so mainstream encryption algorithms(as of several years ago). It does not include the new AES,This is an excellent book on all the mainstream and not so mainstream encryption algorithms(as of several years ago). It does not include the new AES, or recent issues with md5, but Schneier has given some recommendations/predictions in this book that are in line with recent news.

I would have given this 5 start, but it is several years old, and needs to be updated....more

This book is pretty good. The hard part as always is being consistent in what it asks you to do. To follow it, you really need to be doing ALL the thiThis book is pretty good. The hard part as always is being consistent in what it asks you to do. To follow it, you really need to be doing ALL the things it asks, and as far as the 'contets' etc, I think it pushes EAS supplements a little more than a non-bias book would....more

An EXCELLENT Greek textbook. I have looked at quite a number of Greek learning books. This is by far the best. I have compared tons from both public lAn EXCELLENT Greek textbook. I have looked at quite a number of Greek learning books. This is by far the best. I have compared tons from both public libraries, books on tape, and university textbooks. If you are trying to learn Greek. This one will work. ...more

Good book. I guess it is about as good as you can get while trying to shove several so called advanced topics into one book. This is still more on theGood book. I guess it is about as good as you can get while trying to shove several so called advanced topics into one book. This is still more on the api and rules side as opposed to example of good use cases to use things like custom ClassLoaders etc....more

This book goes into a good amount of detail about most topics it covers. It does however spend less time than I would have liked on things like generiThis book goes into a good amount of detail about most topics it covers. It does however spend less time than I would have liked on things like generics. Overall, it is probably the best non-single-topic-specific Java series book I have read....more

This book has some good principles that you can use, but again it is one of those things that requires you to consistently do something each day to reThis book has some good principles that you can use, but again it is one of those things that requires you to consistently do something each day to really see the effects of the message (namely from the Bible)....more

This is a good introductory text to design patterns for developing software solutions. You will probably need a supplementary guide when you are doneThis is a good introductory text to design patterns for developing software solutions. You will probably need a supplementary guide when you are done to see how they fit in with legacy code, but overall it is good....more

Good book. Has some interesting statistics, but I think that in the current state of the economy/idea of the world being flat some of those stats areGood book. Has some interesting statistics, but I think that in the current state of the economy/idea of the world being flat some of those stats are changing rapidly?...more

I really liked this book. It does have some chapters that drone on, but even so, it has some very interesting points and topics about how languages evI really liked this book. It does have some chapters that drone on, but even so, it has some very interesting points and topics about how languages evolve....more